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Prospective comparison of chronic pain and quality of life in dogs presenting with five common orthopaedic conditions

open access: yesVeterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Chronic pain, which affects multiple aspects of dogs' wellbeing, including quality of life (QoL), was assessed in dogs with elbow dysplasia, hip dysplasia, medial patella luxation, cranial cruciate ligament rupture or osteoarthritis.
Christos Dorlis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thermal Degradation and Thermal Decomposition of Plasticized PVC Including POSS Additives for PVC Compounds: Mechanisms, Impact, and Performance of Standards

open access: yesJournal of Vinyl and Additive Technology, EarlyView.
Additives' structures. ABSTRACT Poly(vinyl chloride) has been a key polymeric material since its commercial production in 1931, demonstrating versatility across numerous industries due to its compatibility with various additives. PVC's inherent properties, flame retardance, durability, and recyclability make it ideal for building and construction ...
Stefano Gardi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Generating Compressed Counterfactual Hard Negative Samples for Graph Contrastive Learning

open access: yesCAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Graph contrastive learning (GCL) relies on acquiring high‐quality positive and negative samples to learn the structural semantics of the input graph. Previous approaches typically sampled negative samples from the same training batch or an irrelevant external graph.
Haoran Yang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lobbying and Political Risk Disclosure: Do Socially Responsible Firms Voluntarily Disclose More?

open access: yesBritish Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on theories of strategic communication, legitimacy, impression management and moral capital, this study investigates whether firms use political risk disclosure to offset negative perceptions associated with corporate lobbying. Using a sample of 10,120 observations from 1362 US firms between 2002 and 2018, we find that firms with ...
Maretno A. Harjoto   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Teaching socio‐communicative behaviours in play routines with caregivers: A feasibility study

open access: yesBritish Journal of Special Education, EarlyView.
Abstract The first signs of autism often become evident as early as before a child's first birthday, and very early intervention is key to securing optimal outcomes. In the present study, two mother–child dyads participated, with mothers being trained in behavioural strategies targeting socio‐communicative behaviours in their children, who were high ...
Elena Cló   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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